Lauren Anderson encourages us to understand rejection is part of the journey and it makes us stronger if we allow it to. She says, learn how to be an entrepreneur - we can't just sit around waiting for the world to discover our work, we have to put ourselves out there again and again. Also, celebrate the wins no matter how big or small.

Important moments in Lauren's artistic journey: Attending a landscape painting masterclass in Civita Castellana with Israel Hershberg, Yael Scalia, and the Jerusalem Studio School (2013) - this is perhaps the most pivotal experience in my painting career for so many reasons; receiving an Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant (2015) - creating my first full body of work and establishing a studio practice; working with my mentor, Marianne Mitchell, through all the tough questions like "why am I painting anyway?" and "why should my paintings matter to anyone but me?" and "what's missing?" (2019-now) - I'm figuring out what my voice is and I'm learning to accept it.

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